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Making Good Choices

Second graders build responsible decision-making by learning to check a choice against three questions — is it kind, is it safe, is it fair? — so they can make good choices they feel proud of.

Grade 2CASEL: Decision-Making30 minutes1 class periodCASEL SELExplicit teaching4 StandardsCASEL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Stop and think.
  • ✓Ask: is it kind, safe, fair?
  • ✓Make a good choice.
  • ✓Feel proud.
Essential Question

You make lots of choices every day! How do you know if a choice is a GOOD one? There are three questions that help. What are they?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Good-Choices Explorer

Project this and tap each step. Have children learn the questions that help them make good choices.

✅ Explore making good choices — tap eachTry it

The Lesson · SEL Flow (Check-In · Learn · Practice · Apply · Reflect)

30 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Check-In — So Many Choices

4 min

You make lots of choices — how do you know a good one?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Do a check-in.
  • Pose a choice.
  • Be caring.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Check in.
  • Consider.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Good-Choice Questions

8 min

Children learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to the Good-Choices Explorer.
  • Note kind, safe, fair.
  • Note stopping first.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Note them.
  • Reflect.
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Practice — Practice

8 min

Children practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Check a choice: is it kind?
  • Is it safe?
  • Is it fair?

🎒 Student Actions

  • Ask kind.
  • Ask safe.
  • Ask fair.
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Apply — Good Choices

6 min

Children apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Apply the questions to a real choice.
  • Make the good choice.
  • Feel proud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Apply it.
  • Choose it.
  • Be proud.
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Reflect — Reflect

4 min

Children close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a good-choice question.
  • Give an example.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Give one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the CASEL 5 Social & Emotional Learning Competencies.

CASEL
Responsible Decision-Making

Consider if a choice is kind, safe, and fair.

CASEL
Responsible Decision-Making

Make good choices.

CASEL
Self-Management

Stop and think first.

CASEL
Social Awareness

Think of others in a choice.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Question picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “Is it ___?”
  • Use scenarios.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with “is it kind?”
  • Use pictures.
  • Ask one question.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Apply to a story choice.
  • Explain a good choice.
  • Make a choices poster.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • ✅Question cards
  • 💻The Good-Choices Explorer
  • 📋A choices chart
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

choicea decision you makegood choicea kind, safe, fair pickstopto pause firstthinkto use your brainkindfriendly and caringsafefree from harmfairthe same for everyoneproudglad about your choice
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What are three questions for a good choice?
Is it kind? Is it safe? Is it fair?
QUESTION 2
What should you do BEFORE making a choice?
Stop and think.
QUESTION 3
How do you feel after making a good choice?
Proud!

Reflect: good choices.

Have children use the three questions — kind, safe, fair — the next time they make a choice. A printable choices sheet is in the SEL library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Responsible Decision-Making: Making Good ChoicesPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: choice, fair, good choice, kind, proud, safe, stop, think
  1. glad about your choice
  2. the same for everyone
  3. a decision you make
  4. free from harm
  5. to use your brain
  6. a kind, safe, fair pick
  7. friendly and caring
  8. to pause first

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What are three questions for a good choice?
  2. What should you do BEFORE making a choice?
  3. How do you feel after making a good choice?
Answer key — Part A: 1) proud · 2) fair · 3) choice · 4) safe · 5) think · 6) good choice · 7) kind · 8) stop
Part B: 1) Is it kind? Is it safe? Is it fair? 2) Stop and think. 3) Proud!